Overall GiG Score: 21 ?
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 14
  • Pension deficit: -1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +14

CATCH 22 CHARITY LIMITED 

To promote opportunities for the development,education and support of young people in need to lead purposeful, stable and fulfilled lives and to promote safer, crime free communities for the benefit of the public.Catch22 is a social business, a not for profit business with a social mission, working with over 33,000 people acrossevery stage of the social welfare cycle.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • There is a pension deficit of £526,000
Established: 16 years

www.catch-22.org.uk

nigel.richards@catch-22.org.uk

02073364800

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/08/22£54,791£56,536£-1,745£235£55,222£15,6823.31,04290
31/08/21£65,166£54,731£10,435£173£48,661£11,7222.6953130
31/08/20£53,204£46,722£6,482£678£37,352£9,3292.4967134
31/08/19£57,202£54,245£2,957£348£31,856£9,6662.11,047162
31/08/18£58,063£53,220£4,843£635£27,734£10,8192.41,691255
31/08/17*£57,333£52,320£5,013£485£22,506£11,5292.61,6960
31/08/16£46,818£49,530£-2,712£159£16,693£10,0722.41,3400
31/08/15?£89,747£84,375£5,372£362£18,768£10,0401.41,0620
31/03/14£54,917£55,361£-444£286£12,959£10,6072.39950
31/03/13£53,399£54,091£-692£249£13,276£10,6272.49060
31/03/12£48,327£47,462£865£387£13,066£7,6301.98770
31/03/11£49,134£49,398£-264£380£12,479£7,8421.99840
31/03/10£48,644£48,505£139£361£12,339£7,4231.89220
31/03/09£40,572£41,358£-786£412£10,450£6,4091.99010

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.5%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £150,000-£200,000
Liabilities/Assets: 17%
Liabilities/Income: 20%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 28%
Reserves/Spending: 3.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.9
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 1,042 employees
  • 90 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Esmee Fairbairn£1,158,379
DCMS£653,580
Department for Education£572,960
The Clothworkers Foundation£386,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to CATCH 22 CHARITY LIMITED
£148,879 04/10/2023
Towards core costs to increase capacity of the National Leaving Care Benchmarking Forum to co-design leaving care support with care experienced young people
National Lottery Community Fund - MH-Suffolk Summer Sports Project
£5,163 28/07/2023
The funding will be used to deliver a programme of sports activities for young people aged 11-18 during the summer holidays. The project aims to provide a safe and accessible space for positive ....more
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Catch22 Charity Limited
£2,000 01/03/2023
Cost of living supplementary grant
Esmee Fairbairn - Social investment CATCH 22 CHARITY LIMITED
£1,000,000 06/02/2023
Innovative not-for-profit children's home looking to purchase and refurbish a second property to expand and prove out their model and share learnings
The Greggs Foundation - Community Hub Programme
£20,000 09/11/2022
The Community Hubs Programme directs a share of the profits generated by Greggs Outlets directly back into the local area in which they are based. This programme aims to help build stronger, ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£100,000 29/07/2022
Core costs/unrestricted grant for Lighthouse
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Catch 22
£250,000 15/03/2022
to support the core costs of Lighthouse Children's Homes in their 2021/22 and 2022/23 financial years
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Catch22
£108,960 03/09/2021
24
£108,960 over two years (£52,230; £56,730) for a 0.8fte equivalent Specialist Advice Worker post (£67,276 over two years), programme running costs and evaluation costs, as well as a contribution ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£100,000 09/07/2021
Core costs/unrestricted grant for Lighthouse
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Catch22 Charity Limited
£300,000 02/07/2021
Horizons: young people's employability programme
Wates Family Enterprise Trust - The Difference Leaders Programme - June 2021
£100,000 29/06/2021
Towards the core costs of The Difference as we deliver the third year of our pioneering programme.
ZING - Core funding for the opening of Lighthouse's first children's home
£35,000 11/06/2021
A third grant to support the core costs of recruitment, development and technology for the opening of Lighthouse's first children's home, planned for fall 2021.
Sport England - COVID19 Return to Play
£4,100 27/04/2021
6
Funding under Sport England's Return to Play - Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID19 Return to Play. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports
Suffolk Community Foundation - Catch22 Community Mediation Service
£2,810 18/02/2021
11
Supporting the Catch22 Community Mediation Service.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Free football scheme to keep young people active in Lockdown
£1,000 12/02/2021
To provide free footballs to vulnerable children during the Covid lockdown period.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Catch 22 Charity Limited
£9,500 30/09/2020
6
Towards Project costs for the Keep Care Leavers Connected campaign
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£653,580 29/07/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
Suffolk Community Foundation - Catch22 Community Mediation Service
£4,342 19/07/2020
12
To enable the mediation service to provide an additional 15 mediation sessions due to the rise in demand seen during Covid 19 lockdown.
ZING - Core funding for the opening of Lighthouse's first children's home
£35,000 01/07/2020
12
To support the core costs of recruitment, development and technology for the opening of Lighthouse's first children's home.
The Wimbledon Foundation - School Based Counselling Service
£10,000 03/06/2020
Emotional health Counselling in Schools.
Department for Education - Apprenticeships Participation 16 - 18
£90,130 01/04/2020
To fund the provision of apprenticeship training.
Department for Education - Apprenticeships Participation 18+
£482,830 01/04/2020
To fund the provision of apprenticeship training.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Developing Inspiring Connections: The Social Capital Project.
£30,000 16/03/2020
Catch22 reaches around 64,000 people a year in 123 locations in England and Wales. It delivers services that aim to build resilience and aspiration in people and communities right across the social ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Catch 22
£136,000 18/12/2019
to develop and implement a bespoke new apprenticeship scheme for young people leaving the care system.
The Segelman Trust - Grant to Catch22 for the Lighthouse Project
£30,000 12/11/2019
12
Towards the core costs of Lighthouse as it prepares to open its first children's home
Suffolk Community Foundation - Haverhill Friday evening sports project
£3,500 31/10/2019
10
Towards Haverhill Friday evening sports project.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Catch22 Mediation Service (Suffolk Police Service)
£14,194 20/09/2019
11
To continue the Catch22 Mediation Service (Suffolk Police Service).
The Blagrave Trust - Nothing without young people campaign
£25,000 16/07/2019
Nothing without young people campaign
ZING - Core funding for the opening of Lighthouse's first children's home
£25,000 22/05/2019
12
To support the core costs of recruitment, development and technology for the opening of Lighthouse's first children's home.
Essex Community Foundation - Tendring Housing Intervention Project
£47,396 01/03/2019
24
To extend the Housing Intervention Project, which supports vulnerable people at risk of homelessness, into Tendring for 2 years
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Livery Advocates Pilot
£10,000 14/02/2019
12
This grant will fund the pilot of a project that supports people in employability programmes to take the next step in their careers through building relationships with Livery members.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Fit and Fed Project
£5,000 06/02/2019
6
To provide a project for children and young people in Ipswich to help prevent 'Holiday Hunger'.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Catch 22
£96,000 29/11/2018
for the specific purpose of funding the salary of the Director of Lighthouse for a three year period.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Catch 22
£536,000 29/11/2018
to develop and implement a bespoke new apprenticeship scheme for young people leaving the care system.
Wates Family Enterprise Trust - The Difference
£50,000 22/11/2018
Research into effective interventions for reducing NEETs, in schools for excluded pupils and mainstream. Interventions actioned through Difference Leaders programme in alternative provision schools, ....more
Suffolk Community Foundation - Catch22 Mediation Service (Suffolk)
£14,322 11/09/2018
11
Towards the Catch 22 Mediation Service.
Sport England - Targetted Sports Provision in Suffolk
£6,298 16/07/2018
11
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Targetted Sports Provision in Suffolk. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger ....more
Suffolk Community Foundation - Leiston Teenage Kicks
£4,880 29/03/2018
11
Towards continuing their Leiston Teenage Kicks sessions.
National Lottery Community Fund - Incubate, accelerate, amplify: incubation at catch22
£447,934 28/03/2018
24
Incubate, accelerate, amplify: incubation at catch22
ZING - Seed funding for The Difference
£25,000 01/03/2018
10
Seed funding to The Difference (incubated within Catch 22): a new career route, creating specialist teaching leaders positioned to drive inclusion in schools, and improve outcomes for the UK’s most ....more
Suffolk Community Foundation - Nacton Sports Project
£3,185 05/02/2018
11
To support the delivery of sports sessions to engage young people from south east Ipswich in a regular activity.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Catch 22 Charity Limited
£58,000 30/11/2017
24
Towards the costs of incubating the Street to Scale initiative, which will seek to test ideas generated by communities that address longstanding social problems.
Impetus PEF -
£700,000 01/07/2017
Suffolk Community Foundation - Catch22 Mediation Service (Suffolk)
£15,663 15/03/2017
To continue to provide the mediation service covering Suffolk.
Impetus PEF -
£60,000 01/07/2016
National Lottery Community Fund - SW1 (Support Wellingborough1)
£199,757 06/06/2016
21
SW1 (Support Wellingborough1)
National Lottery Community Fund - Catch22 Children in Need Project
£74,930 18/11/2015
2
The funding is to develop a social impact bond taking a new approach to supporting children in need by delegating social care functions to VCSE groups. It will be initially launched in Crewe, ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - West Midlands Street Violence Prevention Development Funding
£126,745 08/04/2015
12
This three month grant will support the development of a social impact bond (SIB) to cut gang-related street violence, with a focus on the high prevalence areas of Birmingham, Wolverhampton and ....more
Sport England - Family Sport Project
£124,592 30/04/2014
Funding under Sport England's Community Sport Activation Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Family Sport Project'. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports.
National Lottery Community Fund - Realising Ambition
£25,880,000 27/02/2012
72
Catch 22 and partner organisations - Social Research Unit (SRU), Young Foundation, Rathbone and Substance - have identified and will manage and support a portfolio of 25 projects that will improve ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Brighter Futures
£899,920 13/12/2011
48
This project will support children and their families who have experienced domestic abuse. The project will work with 120 families with the emphasis of support being on the children aged between five ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Realising Ambition
£69,924 01/08/2011
12
This project will identify, develop and support projects throughout the UK by drawing on learning from the Youth Sector Development Fund (YSDF) and other initiatives. They will combine networking ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Brighter Futures
£10,000 22/06/2011
12
This is a development grant which has been awarded so that the applicant can work up a more detailed application.
Sport England - Active Women
£147,000 17/02/2011
Funding under Sport England's Themed Round 2 funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Active Women'. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 38-74
  • PRIA RAI Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Senior Organisational Effectiveness And Transforma
  • TERRY DUDDY (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Chairman
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/05/2008, number: 1124127
  • Registered at Companies House on 28/04/2008, number: 06577534
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
  • Estyn: Her Majesty's Inspectorate For Education And Training In Wales
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
14 returns made; AR17: 22 days late,
Main office

Catch22 Charity Ltd
27 Pear Tree Street
London
EC1V 3AG

Objectives

TO PROMOTE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION AND SUPPORT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN NEED TO LEAD PURPOSEFUL, STABLE AND FULFILLED LIVES AND TO PROMOTE SAFER, CRIME FREE COMMUNITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase

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